University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Course Code
LALI-150
Department
Languages and
Literature
Type of Course
Required
Level of Course
1st Cycle
Mode of Delivery
Distance learning
Course Title
Introduction to English
Poetry
Semester
Fall
ECTS Credits
6
Field
English Literature
Year of Study
1st
Work Placement
N/A
Language of Instruction
English
Lecturer(s)
Dr Polina Mackay
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
ENGL-100
Objectives of the Course:
To introduce the student to poetry in English. We will study major types of poetry
such as the lyric, narrative poetry and dramatic poetry. Great emphasis will be placed
on formal poetic characteristics and on the historical and cultural contexts that inform
the poems under study.
Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the course students are expected to be able to:
1. recognize the main themes and stylistic concerns of English Poetry,
2. demonstrate an understanding of poetic terms and illustrate these in examples,
3. situate English Poetry within a literary context,
4. formulate interpretations of poems in coherent essays and assignments,
5. assess the contribution of poetry to English Literature.
Course Contents:
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Introduction: Types of Poetry (lyric poetry, narrative poetry, dramatic poetry)
Listening to a Voice (tone, the person in the poem, irony)
Figures of Speech (simile, metaphor, personification, imagery)
Sound (alliteration, assonance, rhyme, rhythm, metre)
Closed Form (the Sonnet)
Open Form (prose poetry, visual poetry, found poetry)
Symbolism (symbol, myth, narrative)
Critical Case Book (T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, Discussions with class participation
Assessment Methods:
Homework Assignments; Final Exam; Class Participation.
Required Textbooks:
Authors
Title
Alice S. Landy, et The Heath Introduction
al
to Literature
Recommended Textbooks/Reading:
Authors
Title
Neil Corcoran
Cambridge Companion
to Twentieth-Century
English Poetry
Alex Davis, et al
Cambridge Companion
to Modernist Poetry
Christopher
Cambridge
Beach
Introduction
to
Twentieth-Century
American Poetry
Publisher
Houghton
Mifflin
Year ISBN
2000 0395980704
Publisher
CUP
Year ISBN
2007 9780521870818
CUP
2007
9780521618151
CUP
2003
9780521891493